Official Name: | Karz |
Native Name: | کرز |
Native Name Lang: | ps |
Pushpin Map: | Afghanistan |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Afghanistan |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Afghanistan |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Kandahar Province |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 31.5667°N 108°W |
Karz (Pushto; Pashto: کرز) is a village in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, near the city of Kandahar.
The Afghan former President, Hamid Karzai, is from Karz.[1] His father is buried there.[1] On July 29, 2014, his cousin, Hashmat Karzai, was killed by a suicide bomber there.[1]